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tavis: president obama is right that there are no red to states or blue states, there are only the united states. if we are all raised in this country, under this same flag, and we seem to care about certain things, like the issue of poverty, how is it we end up seeing the way forward on these issues so different? >> it would be nice to believe there are no red states and blues states but there obviously are. even in the same states, like new york, you have some liberal parts. but most of the state is more conservative. we are not really one nation. we have some things in common but we have created these moro communities. the metaphor, the matrix is a mutual hallucination. left and right have become these closed world's, gated communities, which are like the matrix. either you are raised with respect for authority and patriotism, love of the founding fathers, or was he sensed that there is oppression and racism and the good fight is one that fights for the rights of the oppressed. i think we are not raised in one more community. tavis: you argue that republicans are voting their moral sel
tavis: president obama is right that there are no red to states or blue states, there are only the united states. if we are all raised in this country, under this same flag, and we seem to care about certain things, like the issue of poverty, how is it we end up seeing the way forward on these issues so different? >> it would be nice to believe there are no red states and blues states but there obviously are. even in the same states, like new york, you have some liberal parts. but most of...
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. >> in full accordance to the law and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the united states, and to save american lives, the united states government conducts targeted strikes against specific al qaeda terrorists, sometimes using remotely-piloted aircraft, often refuse to publicly as drones. >> the president counter- terrorism adviser then offered a legal and ethical justification for drone strikes. >> there is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely-piloted aircraft for this purpose or that prohibits us from using legal force against our enemies outside of an active battlefield. at least, when a country involved can sense or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat. >> that would cover yemen, far from the battlefields of afghanistan, where last year a drug strike killed a militant cleric. he was an american citizen. the administration insists its actions were lawful. >> i speak out on behalf of -- >> and others strongly disagree. the speech was interrupted by a protester who said the administration should apologize for the deaths of innocent ci
. >> in full accordance to the law and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the united states, and to save american lives, the united states government conducts targeted strikes against specific al qaeda terrorists, sometimes using remotely-piloted aircraft, often refuse to publicly as drones. >> the president counter- terrorism adviser then offered a legal and ethical justification for drone strikes. >> there is nothing in international law that bans the use of...
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other than to say that the united states in gauges in a number of operations to go after al qaeda and other militant allies. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> it is not clear whether the bomb would have been detected by airport security. it does not contain metal, so conventional detectors would not have picked it up. the question is whether the new body scanners in many world airports would have discovered it. the plot was the work of an al qaeda affiliate in yemen. but u.s. authorities have not made public the identity or the whereabouts of the would-be bomber. officials say new targets had been chosen and no plane tickets bought. by the time the plot was foiled by americans and other unnamed intelligence agencies. bbc news. >> our washington correspondent says the device is currently in u.s. custody. the fbi are examining it at their forensic headquarters in virginia. and they will be looking to see if it does carry some
other than to say that the united states in gauges in a number of operations to go after al qaeda and other militant allies. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> it is not clear whether the bomb would have been detected by airport security. it does not contain metal, so conventional detectors would not have picked it up. the...
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even the united states relaxed some of their restrictions. ditto on the european union, australia, canada. i think now it's a matter of finishing the job and i think ban's message to choo's government and also with das soo-chi is to ensure that that job is finished. again, political prisoners, ethic minority situation, and host of legal reform because really without that sort of reform and building up of the human rights infrastructure in the country, if you will, this whole reform effort depends on individuals and individuals come and go from the scene as we know. so this progress needs to be underlined by legal and judicial reform as well. >> ba gentleman minute joining us from bangkok, thank you, sir, for your insights. you're watching "newsday" on the bbc. still to come -- the art of science. leonardo da vinci's intricate work on display at the queen's gallery at buckingham palace. and carrying above the rest, the new world trade center that becomes new york's tallest building. >> now for a quick look at what's making front page news in b
even the united states relaxed some of their restrictions. ditto on the european union, australia, canada. i think now it's a matter of finishing the job and i think ban's message to choo's government and also with das soo-chi is to ensure that that job is finished. again, political prisoners, ethic minority situation, and host of legal reform because really without that sort of reform and building up of the human rights infrastructure in the country, if you will, this whole reform effort...
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historically each time that the united states has entered into almost any kind of treaty we have been very acidious in doing everything we could to follow that treaty. we have not always been afforded the reciprocal courtesy. i suggest that a new start is a good example of what happens when we don't negotiate in a way that is only in the best interest of the united states. we in the first phase of new start reduced our strategic war head counts significantly without really impacting the russians a great deal when the tactical war heads were left completely out of the equation and part of that promise was that we would modernize our nuclear weapons capability. and it just seems like over time things degrade. and to give a president as flexible as this one the ability to enter into treaties without congressional approval on something as critical as our space assets and our space access is, i think, a foolish ernd on our part and i hope we suggest that. >> gentleman from california, five minutes. >> some time ago mr. andrews suggested that we try to avoid presidential politics as we cont
historically each time that the united states has entered into almost any kind of treaty we have been very acidious in doing everything we could to follow that treaty. we have not always been afforded the reciprocal courtesy. i suggest that a new start is a good example of what happens when we don't negotiate in a way that is only in the best interest of the united states. we in the first phase of new start reduced our strategic war head counts significantly without really impacting the...
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as i read the law there are three kinds of situations where the united states can be bound
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we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's head and place her ears on the door because her ears were smaller than my ears. i wanted her to listen carefully to the wonderful sound. i may have know in the way children know but my uncle's music would disappear from my life far too soon. he died when he was 40 years old. i tried to tell amy how my grand mother asked everyone why no one could bring her oldest son back to life even after we made great progress in medical science. but in the end, broke my grand mother's heart was her 2 daughters could not come for their brother's funeral. when it explai
we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up...
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united states, it would take this market. if it would work here, it would create enormous pressure to rethink the rest of the problem for cancer drugs, diabetes and all sorts of other areas. >> not so loud, somebody may hear you. >> and so the challenge is the government. if you have a system that doesn't work and it's about innovation, can you innovate and can you do something different? thank you very much. >> thank you very much. let me start off and let's do this informally. let me start off with an ethical question. and i noticed, dr. lessig, you deal with ethics. i think the average american would be extremely upset to know that people are dying not because we don't know how to treat those people -- that's one sad aspect of life -- but that they can't afford what is, in fact, a minimal cost in terms of the real production of the product to save their lives. it's like somebody over there dying and nobody is going out and reaching them a hand and bringing them in. it's like they're drowning in a swimming pool. what are th
united states, it would take this market. if it would work here, it would create enormous pressure to rethink the rest of the problem for cancer drugs, diabetes and all sorts of other areas. >> not so loud, somebody may hear you. >> and so the challenge is the government. if you have a system that doesn't work and it's about innovation, can you innovate and can you do something different? thank you very much. >> thank you very much. let me start off and let's do this...
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he's now waiting at a beijing hospital for a possible move to the united states. the deal was reached after days of tense negotiations between the u.s. and chinese officials. today, we look at how the two major powers negotiated a diplomatic mine field. >> reporter: a blind man escapes house arrest in shandong province and the crisis meetings begin. civil rights activist chen guangcheng slipped past his guards on april 22nd. four days later, he sought sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in beijing. chen had campaigned against forced abortions under china's one child policy. he complained of illegal detention, beatings and persecution of his family. his internet protest couldn't have come at a worse time for chinese authorities. just days before, they had talks with washington. but u.s. officials were equally keen to avoid a diplomatic confrontation. they need cooperation from china on hostile economic and strategic issues, not least in tackling nuclear programs of north korea and iran. on may 2nd, u.s. officials announced they had worked out a deal with the chinese gove
he's now waiting at a beijing hospital for a possible move to the united states. the deal was reached after days of tense negotiations between the u.s. and chinese officials. today, we look at how the two major powers negotiated a diplomatic mine field. >> reporter: a blind man escapes house arrest in shandong province and the crisis meetings begin. civil rights activist chen guangcheng slipped past his guards on april 22nd. four days later, he sought sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in...
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one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how
one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th...
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they're created by subsidies in europe and china and the united states or elsewhere. i think we have to keep our eye on the ultimate prize which are just the development of cost competitive advanced energy technologies that can scale a $5 trillion global energy market without subsidies. so the game i think in the long term is who can develop the technologies that are cost competitive enough to export to global markets at 90% plus of energy demand growth is coming from outside of the oecd countries in the emerging economies and those countries are going to be unable or unwilling to substantially subsidize the deployment of cleaner energy technologies. one thing we can focus on both to drive competition, to enhance u.s. competition and to reduce the cost of taxpayer investments now is that the investments we level in creating these markets do have to continually drive down the costs of these technologies, support the right incentives for firms to continually innovate and if we do that right, i think we provide the right continuity over the medium term and the right poli
they're created by subsidies in europe and china and the united states or elsewhere. i think we have to keep our eye on the ultimate prize which are just the development of cost competitive advanced energy technologies that can scale a $5 trillion global energy market without subsidies. so the game i think in the long term is who can develop the technologies that are cost competitive enough to export to global markets at 90% plus of energy demand growth is coming from outside of the oecd...
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despite great pressure to conform in the united states to celebrate the united states is the best system in the world, the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades have seen numerous works criticizing u.s. foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy in a particular economic policy. the american educational system, core system, military, media, corporate influence over military life and so on. most of this is astute and i've learned much from reading the studies, the two things in particular are lacking and have a very time making it into the public eye partly because americans are not trained to think in holistic fashion and the analysis in mind is too close to the bone is difficult for americans to hear it and somebody would say i didn't know. the first things these words lack is an integration of the fact there's that have done the country and. these are institution specific and the institution under examination exists in the kind of vacuum and could really be understood apart from other institutions. the second thing i find lacking is the relationship to the culture at large, t
despite great pressure to conform in the united states to celebrate the united states is the best system in the world, the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades have seen numerous works criticizing u.s. foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy in a particular economic policy. the american educational system, core system, military, media, corporate influence over military life and so on. most of this is astute and i've learned much from reading the studies, the two things in...
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in the united states, it could be paid order given freely. we actually get more reliable supply and a higher quality of blood if you don't pay for it at all. this is a study that he did. he also said, apart from the blood topic, there is something to be said for a society that encourages an honors health. you will a road that if you start paying people. if you do pay people, others can still, if they want to, say no, no thank you. if you say and if they began to fill -- it dishonors the all tourism and the social solidarity. coming to your question about my colleague, and many economists, who say that we should conserve altruism. we could conserve solidarity and not spend it down. you need it when you really need it, when markets can do the work. first of all, it is not supported empirically. this is just a folk wisdom that some economists rule out to defend, for example, the market of blood. it could be an opposite market for marketing kidneys. what mrs. these sentiments and virtues of fellow feeling, all tourism, love, for that matter, and
in the united states, it could be paid order given freely. we actually get more reliable supply and a higher quality of blood if you don't pay for it at all. this is a study that he did. he also said, apart from the blood topic, there is something to be said for a society that encourages an honors health. you will a road that if you start paying people. if you do pay people, others can still, if they want to, say no, no thank you. if you say and if they began to fill -- it dishonors the all...
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he is the deputy head of the eu delegation to the united states. many times in the past, his career has focused on multilateral affairs. he was the ambassador to geneva, which multilateral affairs. he was the head of the -- a focus of attention here for cyber security in the coming year. finally, bruce mcconnell, who is also known to everyone. i have known bruce for a long time. he was on the transition team. before that he was in the private sector. before that he was in the omb. we're happy we can have all three panelists here to speak to you. why don't we just go one, two, three to make it a little easier. all-star with bruce and end up with tom. >> thank you. good morning everyone. it is great to be here. i wanted to comment on a couple of things. i think there are some interesting threads we get along collectively over the course of the day and in the future work the commission is going to be doing and the this important area of cooperation. starting from home, i would note there is a fairly large footprint of dhs people at the conference. i t
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and here we are, the united states of america, the inventer of modern democracy. i suspect that many of you around the room, i know quite a few of you travel quite a deal. you must hear what we hear as we travel. what is going on in the country and when will you get this thing over with and get back to leading the world? the second consequence is that it has an extremely negative effect on the ability of the united states government and the president himself to actually conduct foreign policy. because the, a lot of foreign policy requires, of course, the cooperation of the legislative branch. it is not just difficult, it is impossible to -- imagine getting any major treaties through. maybe there is some chance of the law of the sea treaty getting through, you have a better sense of i, there are some optimistic signs. if you look at what this means for the two most important threats facing the planet today which is our nuclear proliferation, and climate change. we are dead in the water. and we are dead in the water largely because of the paralysis of the system in
and here we are, the united states of america, the inventer of modern democracy. i suspect that many of you around the room, i know quite a few of you travel quite a deal. you must hear what we hear as we travel. what is going on in the country and when will you get this thing over with and get back to leading the world? the second consequence is that it has an extremely negative effect on the ability of the united states government and the president himself to actually conduct foreign policy....
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find ways to expand that influence outside the united states. academics, you could help us make the case as well. there are a ton of great academic stuld es but a ton more that can be done, analysis that can be written. the academic world can be fruitful in the next 6 to 9 months as we head toward dubai. one last note. i agree with commissioner mcdowell, december is not the ends of the game. that's the next step in this process. this has been a process for many years now through other fora around the world so we'll get past december, we'll i think hopefully breathe a small sigh of relief but only small because the threats will continue to be out there, other places they will develop. and we have to be ever vigilant. >> thank you, rick, and all of the panelists for those initial remarks. when i started, in trying to capsulize what we were discussing today, i contrasted the existing internet governance model which i called a privatized bottoms up multi-stakeholder approach with a top-down inner governmental control approach that we want to avoid.
find ways to expand that influence outside the united states. academics, you could help us make the case as well. there are a ton of great academic stuld es but a ton more that can be done, analysis that can be written. the academic world can be fruitful in the next 6 to 9 months as we head toward dubai. one last note. i agree with commissioner mcdowell, december is not the ends of the game. that's the next step in this process. this has been a process for many years now through other fora...
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that will be developed, run and managed by people who exclude the united states. you will start to get fragmentation. and it will become very difficult to then go back and say, oh, okay, we have learned. we are going to come back and, you know, strengthen these. so i suspect we might be at a point where the -- where the, you know, the, the space for the kind of experimentation that bruce was talking about -- just may not be there any longer. and without being overly dramatic about it -- one could possibly kill off or severely damage some of the existing institutions if they're not given the tender, loving care that they actually need at this particular moment. and the only person who can give them that tender loving care is the president of the united states. >> could i ask, isaac, could i ask a question on that institution you know very well, the world bank. we just had an american, currently the president of dartmouth, designated, nominated by the united states, to be the president. there is talk about this perhaps being the last american president of the world
that will be developed, run and managed by people who exclude the united states. you will start to get fragmentation. and it will become very difficult to then go back and say, oh, okay, we have learned. we are going to come back and, you know, strengthen these. so i suspect we might be at a point where the -- where the, you know, the, the space for the kind of experimentation that bruce was talking about -- just may not be there any longer. and without being overly dramatic about it -- one...
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the leaders of japan and the united states are ting sw solidarity with common challenges and common threats. they met in washington and emphasized the importance of the decades old alliance on maintaining security. they titled it a shared vision for the future. the documents said the japan-u.s. alliance said the foundation of peace and stability in the region. >> translator: thesia pacific region is at the center of the world development. they had factors such as fears over north korea. they had a maritime dispute. we will realize the realignment of forces to strengthen the security of the region. >> he was referring to china and taiwan. their governments are allocating more money to military spending. they are involved in territorial disputes with japan. obama calls the region strategically important and stresses a military presence there will be geographically distributed and operationally resilient. >> the u.s.-japan alliance will maintain the foundation of the security and prosperity of the two nations and a cornerstone of peace and security. we reviewed the agreement to realign america
the leaders of japan and the united states are ting sw solidarity with common challenges and common threats. they met in washington and emphasized the importance of the decades old alliance on maintaining security. they titled it a shared vision for the future. the documents said the japan-u.s. alliance said the foundation of peace and stability in the region. >> translator: thesia pacific region is at the center of the world development. they had factors such as fears over north korea....
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but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even when the united states steps up the lead that it can do it. now what happens if we don't get to get to the last part of your question. you court competition from other formats and forums so there's a greater use of regional institutions, there's a greater use of ad hoc. we're just going to create our own bric development bank and then ultimately if legitimacy totally collapses, you court some significant challenges to the existing order. a major political challenge starting to become road blocks within those institutions in a sense holding them hostage to those sorts of changes. there have been some major changes made, i think sometimes people sell the g-20 too short even though it's having trouble moving from a crisis committee to a global steering group for the world economy. but it's held the line on protectionism,
but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even when the united states steps up the lead that it can do it. now what happens if we don't get to get to the last part of your question. you court competition from other formats and forums so there's a greater use of regional institutions, there's a greater use...
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the united states is the only arctic nation that is not in the convention. consequently, the nation risks being excluded from strategic discussions for advancing the convention with our maritime partners and for resolving sovereignty and national resource issues. fuel sure defense and civil support scenarios will require closely coordinated multinational military operation lgs to include the formation of coalition task forces. our nation's asession to the convention will set the conditions for partnership and cooperation. it goes on, says, further things, but i place that in the record. senator demint? >> thank you mr. chairman. and thank you for beginning a process of hearings. i appreciate the panelists and their testimony today. the fact is that most of the testimony today dealt with navigation issues. and things that affect the navy on the waters around the world. that's about ten pages of the treaty. and certainly, we need to deal with this, there are a lot of theoretical advantages i think have been discussed, as mentioned by the general. the united st
the united states is the only arctic nation that is not in the convention. consequently, the nation risks being excluded from strategic discussions for advancing the convention with our maritime partners and for resolving sovereignty and national resource issues. fuel sure defense and civil support scenarios will require closely coordinated multinational military operation lgs to include the formation of coalition task forces. our nation's asession to the convention will set the conditions for...
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of the united states appoints the fifth. those aren't odds i want to deal with when it comes to doing business in america. and i would just ask, and we've talked about this already, and maybe i'll direct to the jer general. i certainly respect his advocacy for what he feels like is important to the navy, but this treaty is much bigger than that and involves a lot of other things, and given the fact, american oil companies already lease a lot of land 200 miles out of the gulf to begin development of that, and we've done that without the law of the treaty. and we can keep the straits open and wep have committed to do that whether we're in this treaty or not. but, general, how is it in the interests of the united states to turn the royalties over to an unaccountable international b e bureaucracy i know senator inhofe asked this, given the fact we're facing billions in dollars of shortfalls and cuts in our military and this is something that is real money, that is going to be paid to an international body at a time our country i
of the united states appoints the fifth. those aren't odds i want to deal with when it comes to doing business in america. and i would just ask, and we've talked about this already, and maybe i'll direct to the jer general. i certainly respect his advocacy for what he feels like is important to the navy, but this treaty is much bigger than that and involves a lot of other things, and given the fact, american oil companies already lease a lot of land 200 miles out of the gulf to begin...
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but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even we would like to see greater civil societies to assess, you know, some political trends in many major countries. can we find partnerships with some of the multilaterals to lever effectiveness and at sometime get multilaterals where they're a little bit comfortable in their own space to be a bit sharper edged and a bit more results focused. now, you could say that's a kind of arrogant thing on our part, but i think what we would like to do in that is to pick the areas where we have some confidence that we've had direct experience of what works and what doesn't, what's important and what isn't, you know, to take one example, i think bob referred to it in passing, the huge successes in global health, for example, in harboring the rate of mortality over a generation. we want to say how come we've only halved it. what do we
but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even we would like to see greater civil societies to assess, you know, some political trends in many major countries. can we find partnerships with some of the multilaterals to lever effectiveness and at sometime get multilaterals where they're a little bit...
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cost $80 to $100 a dose of the pediatricians office in the united states. spratt brings to my mind the idea of offshore drug manufacturing. you know india is a major drug manufacturer now. do you think international drug manufacturers are part of the solution, part of the problem. where do they fit in? >> unfortunately they are not doing very well right now i'm part of it has to do with the trips agreement, the world trade organization agreement has been dealing with intellectual property, the state to impose on the developing world. indiana has been able to duplicate import drugs cheaply and distribute to the developing world but cannot do that illegally anyway because india thought covering patents on manufacturing processes, not on composition. so they could duplicate a drug legally and distribute it. what they had to change was the latest manufactured. the trip has forced india to adhere to the patent system of the west, with the composition of the drugs is what is good. so india can no longer duplicate the drugs as cheaply as it used to. this i think i
cost $80 to $100 a dose of the pediatricians office in the united states. spratt brings to my mind the idea of offshore drug manufacturing. you know india is a major drug manufacturer now. do you think international drug manufacturers are part of the solution, part of the problem. where do they fit in? >> unfortunately they are not doing very well right now i'm part of it has to do with the trips agreement, the world trade organization agreement has been dealing with intellectual...
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>> okay, the question was to elaborate on the impact of the united states entry to the war. the united states was in effect economically part of the allied war almost from the beginning, because we were selling large amounts of armaments and food to britain and france, not to germany. and doing much of the sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the wire. militarily, the u.s. entered the war in april of 1917, about a year in six months before the end. there was an enormous psychological boost for the allies win the u.s. entered. there wasn't much direct military effect immediately, except on the oceans because the u.s. had a surprisingly small standing army at that time. we did have a larger -- quite a large navy though which then joined the british in hunting down german submarines in the north atlantic. large numbers of american troops didn't began arriving in france until may or june of 1918, and then they really did have a considerable impact, because
>> okay, the question was to elaborate on the impact of the united states entry to the war. the united states was in effect economically part of the allied war almost from the beginning, because we were selling large amounts of armaments and food to britain and france, not to germany. and doing much of the sales on credit. because they were on credit, one impact of the war was to make the united states wealthy because everybody ended up owing us money at the end of the wire. militarily,...
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maggie koerth-baker examines the current state of energy issues in the united states. the author reports that there is no one answer to the energy infrastructure, and that a more energy-efficient world will not be as utopia, but will be better than if no action is taken. it is about one half hour. >> thank you all for coming out here. i wanted to start off this evening talking about a name that you probably haven't heard of before. hj rogers. he is not well known, but he is one of the major forces in the history of electricity. for some very weird reasons. hj watchers in 1882, is one of the richest people in the city of appleton wisconsin. he owned a paper mill and he was building a mansion on the hill and in that summer he made a fateful decision. he went on a fishing trip with a salesman from the edison electric company. at the time, hj rogers and never sought an electric light bulb. technically, but does he was an up-and-coming competitor for him. but he came back from the fishing trip the proud owner of the rights to use edison technology in the city of appleton. i
maggie koerth-baker examines the current state of energy issues in the united states. the author reports that there is no one answer to the energy infrastructure, and that a more energy-efficient world will not be as utopia, but will be better than if no action is taken. it is about one half hour. >> thank you all for coming out here. i wanted to start off this evening talking about a name that you probably haven't heard of before. hj rogers. he is not well known, but he is one of the...
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states and it will matter in january of next year who the president of the united states is. the composition of the congress will be immensely important. the big question about barack obama is will he in his second term be able to succeed to a degree it that he has not been able to succeed in his first term to do what he wanted to do in his first term? if you go back to his speeches in the campaign trail in 2008, grant park in his inauguration kept talking about a planet in peril and how that had to be a priority. it was not a priority at the beginning of the administration. health care was the priority at the beginning of the administration. the climate issue faded and ultimately failed to get anywhere. obviously that was a joint mistake, part of the handling of the executive branch and the legislative branch so the big question on that issue and -- he had some success on reducing the nuclear peril particularly with the new start treaty with the russians but no such success on the test ban. the big question will not be what his intentions are but his ability to deliver. with
states and it will matter in january of next year who the president of the united states is. the composition of the congress will be immensely important. the big question about barack obama is will he in his second term be able to succeed to a degree it that he has not been able to succeed in his first term to do what he wanted to do in his first term? if you go back to his speeches in the campaign trail in 2008, grant park in his inauguration kept talking about a planet in peril and how that...
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crisis by the scandals in united states where so it certainly may seem to some it certainly may seem to some that we are truly begin to see the beginning the start of an avalanche here a knock on effect that certainly seems to be rippling across members of the eurozone i don't alexandro are polytone i'm so sorry we don't have any more time a feed today but a political and strategic analyst thank you for coming on our team thanks to you. as uncertainly builds in athens are so as i get mounting across the you private german investors many of them pensioners are especially furious they claim they were intentionally do put into investing into doomed greek bonds all in the name of agenda driven politics. because going off reports now from germany. imagine most of your retirement savings gone with the stroke of a pen and this man certainly knows how it feels peter moritz invested his savings into greek sovereign bonds after being guaranteed his money was protected by the government but soon the retired banker realized he was and played in his own game they are looking for people like me. r
crisis by the scandals in united states where so it certainly may seem to some it certainly may seem to some that we are truly begin to see the beginning the start of an avalanche here a knock on effect that certainly seems to be rippling across members of the eurozone i don't alexandro are polytone i'm so sorry we don't have any more time a feed today but a political and strategic analyst thank you for coming on our team thanks to you. as uncertainly builds in athens are so as i get mounting...
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remember too that the united states wasn't actually in afghanistan. the united states, mainly the stuff that was being run in afghanistan was being run by the pakistani government. they were getting support and aid and assistance and advice from the united states and also saudi arabia. it's not like america withdraw from afghanistan. america wasn't there. we were in pakistan, but even in pakistan it wasn't there with troops, it was people who were giving advice. so the issues in '89 and '90 turned basically what are our relations with pakistan. and islamic fundamentalism is not really coming on the radar as a key issue accept with respect to what's happening in pakistan. and very quickly in pakistan, the dominant issue will soon become pakistani nuclear work and proliferation efforts that will end up resulting in a series of sanctions in which united states were constrained but not the subject of straty. one more issue, it's an interesting subject, in may 1990, that tim naf tally spotlighted, there was another huge issue going on, a first-class nuclea
remember too that the united states wasn't actually in afghanistan. the united states, mainly the stuff that was being run in afghanistan was being run by the pakistani government. they were getting support and aid and assistance and advice from the united states and also saudi arabia. it's not like america withdraw from afghanistan. america wasn't there. we were in pakistan, but even in pakistan it wasn't there with troops, it was people who were giving advice. so the issues in '89 and '90...
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the correction that began in earnest here in the united states in may, the proverbial sell in may and go away does not translate over sseas, and we ar in bear markets in russia and brazil which were off 20% from the peaks in march alone. we are sitting on critical support. look at the market in russia for example, because we ahave taken out the lows that we established in the fall, in despite of the financial maelstrom. >> and you are saying that russia is driving the entire world's markets? i want to bring in dave reidel of the reidel research, and i am seeing no inflation a and central banks cutting the rates and it is a great backdrop. >> that is right. they are doing nothing wrong and emerge sshgt ing markets are lo good. and we look at the fear fac chur of consumer sentiment, and this summer not the time to be away at all, but nibbling at the position of the emerging markets and maybe a few percentage points higher, but if we are right, we think that the focus is on the fundamentals in the back half of the year, and very good time to be long emerging markets equities. >> and you
the correction that began in earnest here in the united states in may, the proverbial sell in may and go away does not translate over sseas, and we ar in bear markets in russia and brazil which were off 20% from the peaks in march alone. we are sitting on critical support. look at the market in russia for example, because we ahave taken out the lows that we established in the fall, in despite of the financial maelstrom. >> and you are saying that russia is driving the entire world's...
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a study released this week says mormons are the fastest growing religious group in the united states, followed by muslims. the religious congregations and membership study -- done every ten years -- is based on self-reported figures from u.s. congregations and religious bodies. the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, the mormons, reported adding 2 million regularly attending members in the u.s. since the year 2000, bringing their total to a little over 6 million. muslims reported 2.6 million, an increase of about 1 million over the last decade. mainline protestant denominations, meanwhile, lost about 13% of their members. and catholic membership declined by 5%. nevertheless, catholics remain the largest faith group in america at 59 million. >>> leaders of the united methodist church have voted against changing language in their church doctrine that calls homosexuality incompatible with christian teaching. meeting at their general conference, held every four years, church delegates from around the world also defeated an amendment that said united methodists could disagree over
a study released this week says mormons are the fastest growing religious group in the united states, followed by muslims. the religious congregations and membership study -- done every ten years -- is based on self-reported figures from u.s. congregations and religious bodies. the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, the mormons, reported adding 2 million regularly attending members in the u.s. since the year 2000, bringing their total to a little over 6 million. muslims reported 2.6...
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have been killed in mexico of the last couple of years the drug trade in the united states is bound up with illegal immigration our borders are not secure these are much bigger issues for americans than anything happening in afghanistan or iraq or anywhere else but i mean there have been cases a people coming out was the lawyers about nine eleven that said that they just ignored threats i mean it wasn't really that we weren't capable to deal with the threats is that they just didn't i mean they were either highly incompetent or criminally negligent and the case is well i can't comment on that as beyond those beyond my my level of expertise all that i can tell you is that we can reduce defense spending and we will how we do it is very important and that's to me the real question because what what mr romney has said what mr obama has said about defense and foreign policy those things most of it is fiction what about the lobbying from defense contractors do you think that that will have an influence where the defense contractor can only do so much i mean we have we have peut lots of ba
have been killed in mexico of the last couple of years the drug trade in the united states is bound up with illegal immigration our borders are not secure these are much bigger issues for americans than anything happening in afghanistan or iraq or anywhere else but i mean there have been cases a people coming out was the lawyers about nine eleven that said that they just ignored threats i mean it wasn't really that we weren't capable to deal with the threats is that they just didn't i mean they...
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japan, south korea, united states have submitted a list of 40 north korean firms. sources close to the u.s. say china has not said its reluctan provoke north korea. china is seen as having a decisive influence on the number of companies that will make the final list. >>> the u.n. peace heef keeping chief is urging member countries to send the cease-fire monitors to syria. they want to send 300 observers and the secretary-general says only half that number has been secured. >> the fact is that the numbers are still small at the moment, but already they have had a visible impact, an effective impact underground. >> he says u.n. observers are operating in five locations including damascus, the central city of homs and dara in the south. he said the observers have reported cease-fire violations, but he says the use of heavy weapons and shelling has subsided since the mission's arrival. they're negotiating the conditions with syrian authorities. he says the government has denied visas to some observers. >>> japan's foreign minister asked israel's leaders to show restrai
japan, south korea, united states have submitted a list of 40 north korean firms. sources close to the u.s. say china has not said its reluctan provoke north korea. china is seen as having a decisive influence on the number of companies that will make the final list. >>> the u.n. peace heef keeping chief is urging member countries to send the cease-fire monitors to syria. they want to send 300 observers and the secretary-general says only half that number has been secured. >> the...
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the united states has to decide what is the best -- basic position to china? we can try to engage china, treat them respectfully as a growing power. there are many benefits -- there is terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, and, of course, economic interests. so, number one, engage china. the other is to go on a path of positioning military force, and china, selling more arms to taiwan, sending airplanes to go spy on them, as we do daily. i'm not saying that in the longer run we might not have to face up to them, but there is no time to hedge for peace. >> there are things china doing that do not seem as benign as you suggest. they made a grab for global resources that has never been seen in all of history. the british empire, the scramble for africa, it was nothing like this screen. they have gone across the globe, building in the caribbean, all sorts of facilities in africa, warding off the bad governments of africa by saying we do not want to criticize you, we just want your copper and your oil, and the africans wake up and find out they are not getting
the united states has to decide what is the best -- basic position to china? we can try to engage china, treat them respectfully as a growing power. there are many benefits -- there is terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, and, of course, economic interests. so, number one, engage china. the other is to go on a path of positioning military force, and china, selling more arms to taiwan, sending airplanes to go spy on them, as we do daily. i'm not saying that in the longer run we might not...
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is the united states. president is the latest to appear on julian. program of course exclusively here on r.t. we're talking about. him and his ongoing clients of washington. a very warm welcome to you this is with me will receive live in moscow as the student protest movement in the canadian province of quebec is now marking its one hundredth day rallies against. violent more than three hundred people were arrested in montreal after the latest wave of clashes with police which are ruptured when protesters started to hurl asphalt at offices clashes descended into battles that then lasted several hours at least ten people from both sides were injured the government introduced an emergency law aimed at quelling the protests but demonstrators have vowed to ignore it with more massive rallies expected this tuesday canadian journalist michael boy who covered the riots says this new law will do nothing except inspire further unrest. bill seventy eight which is without its faults and its goal is to con everything down it was established by the provincial gov
is the united states. president is the latest to appear on julian. program of course exclusively here on r.t. we're talking about. him and his ongoing clients of washington. a very warm welcome to you this is with me will receive live in moscow as the student protest movement in the canadian province of quebec is now marking its one hundredth day rallies against. violent more than three hundred people were arrested in montreal after the latest wave of clashes with police which are ruptured when...
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in the united states for example, eugene debs gave us speaking for against american participation in this war. for that he was sent to prison and was still in prison in november of 1920 when he received a million votes for president on the socialist ticket. another american pioneer social worker, jane addams was a strong opponent of the war. more than 500 americans were jailed as work resisters including these two in arkansas. in germany, rosa luxemburg spoke out against the war. in britain, bertrand russell, the country's leading philosopher was i think the most eloquent of all war opponents and really became a personal hero for me in the writing of this book. i will read you just one thing he wrote describing his feelings at the beginning of the war. he rose i appreciate him because of his intellectual bravery and acknowledging the conflict of the feelings. most of them don't do. he described himself at the beginning of the war being tortured by patriotism. i desired to see germany -- love of england is the strongest emotion i possess and setting aside at such a moment making a dif
in the united states for example, eugene debs gave us speaking for against american participation in this war. for that he was sent to prison and was still in prison in november of 1920 when he received a million votes for president on the socialist ticket. another american pioneer social worker, jane addams was a strong opponent of the war. more than 500 americans were jailed as work resisters including these two in arkansas. in germany, rosa luxemburg spoke out against the war. in britain,...
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remember, too, that the united states wasn't actually in afghanistan. the united states, mainly the stuff that was being run in afghanistan, was being run by the pakistani government, and the pakistani government was getting support and aid and assistance and advice from the united states and also from other countries like saudi arabia. so, it's not like the america withdrew from afghanistan. america wasn't there. america was in pakistan, but even in pakistan it wasn't there with troops. it was there with people who were giving advice and money to the pakistanis. so the issues in '89 and '90 turned basically were lapsed back into what are our relations with pakistan? and islamic fundamentalism is not really coming on the radar as a key issue except with respect to what's happening with pakistan and trends in pakistani politics, and very quickly in pakistan, the dominant issue will soon become pakistani nuclear and war and pakistani proliferation efforts that will end up resulting in a series of sanctions in which the united states options were constrain
remember, too, that the united states wasn't actually in afghanistan. the united states, mainly the stuff that was being run in afghanistan, was being run by the pakistani government, and the pakistani government was getting support and aid and assistance and advice from the united states and also from other countries like saudi arabia. so, it's not like the america withdrew from afghanistan. america wasn't there. america was in pakistan, but even in pakistan it wasn't there with troops. it was...